
"Bosea yervamora" is a shrub native to the Canary Islands, up to 3 m tall with greenish slender branches. Leaves up to 7 cm long, ovate, lanceolate, alternate, short stalked, without hair. Flowers short terminal, arising from the axil of the leaf, indefinite inflorescences, greenish with two membranous, dry modified leaves at the base of the stem. Fruits greenish black turning pink when ripe, about the size of a small pea.
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Uploaded Mar 11, 2024. Captured Mar 3, 2024 19:06 in C. Acentejo, 47, 38379 La Matanza de Acentejo, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.